Caption Festival blog

Info about the UK's longest running comic book festival

Guests: DJ Food

DJ Food, a.k.a. Strickly Kev is a DJ and electronic musician who has worked with Coldcut and remixed music by Brian Eno. Often inspired by his love of British comics … Continue reading

November 20, 2017 · Leave a comment

Guests: Hannah Berry

Hannah Berry is the writer and artist of three graphic novels published by Jonathan Cape: Britten and Brülightly (a comedy detective story), Adamtine (a ghostly revenge drama set on a … Continue reading

November 16, 2017 · Leave a comment

Caption 2017 programme

Here’s info about the line-up of talks and presentations at Caption 2017: Friday Dec 1st, The Phoenix Brighton 6pm doors open 6.30pm Intro to Caption – Alex Fitch and Jenni … Continue reading

November 7, 2017 · 1 Comment

Caption 2017

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Caption, there’s an evening event taking place in Sussex as part of the annual Graphic Brighton event this Winter. On Friday 1st December, there’ll … Continue reading

October 27, 2017 · 1 Comment

Caption 2015 Programme and FarGo map

Here’s the line up of events for Caption this weekend in Coventry, 10th / 11th October 2015 – for locations of each, see map at the bottom! Saturday 10th October … Continue reading

October 7, 2015 · Leave a comment

Guests: Laura Howell

Unbelievably, Laura Howell is the first female artist to have worked on The Beano comic, and has drawn classic characters such as Billy the Cat and Minnie the Minx, as … Continue reading

September 24, 2015 · Leave a comment

Guests: Ian Edginton

A veteran of ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’ – 2000AD – Ian has written a multitude of well loved stories over the years such as Stickleback, The Red Seas and Judge … Continue reading

September 24, 2015 · Leave a comment

Guests: Leah Moore

Often in partnership with husband John Reppion, Leah Moore has worked in the comics industry for nearly a decade writing such titles as Albion, Sherlock Holmes and Savage Tales. Moore … Continue reading

September 23, 2015 · 2 Comments

Guests: Paul Duffield

Helping us ease the transistion of Caption from Oxford to Coventry is artist Paul Duffield, best known for illustrating the post-apocalyptic steampunk webcomic FreakAngels, written by Warren Ellis, Paul is … Continue reading

September 23, 2015 · Leave a comment

Fargo Village

FarGo Village, not to be confused with any Coen Brothers film, is the setting of Caption 2015, and offers a variety of spaces for comics events to take place, including … Continue reading

September 23, 2015 · Leave a comment